St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-28

gent population, quick to take up and
learn all the manipulatiOnS to which
they are set, with the excellent quality
of the wool which the Irish sheep pro-
duce, one should expect to find quite a
flourishing industry there. But there
are no more than half-a-dOZen prosper
Gus mills in Ireland. employing in all
but few thousand hands, and a great
many mills closed up for want of orders.
With reference to the
HOSIERY MANUFACTURES,
the consul states that girls and en-
brOiderers earn from Shillings to s
shillings per week IA neat and nice en-
ployment. 1t is difficult. however, to
keep them at home when they have be-
come practical and are well trained to
the work, as they are very quick at
leaving and going where they can earn
IL shillings per week.
Edmund JuSSen, conSulgeneral at
Vienna, has transmitted to the depart
ment of state certain data gathered
from the reports of the international
seed and grain convention recently held
in that city relative. to the condition of
EUROPEAN CEREAL CROPS.
In Austria-Hungary the yield of
wheat for the year 1887 is estimated at
1000 600 bushels, an increase of nearly
% per cent over the average yield of
that country. while 125,0O0,000 bushels
considerable increase. The crop of
oats, however. is hardly sufficient to
cover the home demand. In Russia rye
has yielded an average crop, barley is
of excellent quality, but the crop
of oats is poor and the prospect
of potatoes not very promising.
In the Scandinavian countries the aver
age amount of wheat is produced, but
rye and oats fall far below the average.
The wheat crop of Italy is poor, and the
import demand of the country for the
cereal will amount to about 30,0O0,000
\buShel. The corn crop is above the
average, and the country will have
surplus for export. The wheat crops of
Switzerland and Holland are above the
average, while that of Northern Russia
is below. The wheat crop of France is
large, but considerable quantity of
wheat must be imported to, meet the
home demand, as the quantity in store
is very limited. In Great Britain and
Ireland an average wheat crop is eX-
pected. The total yield is estimated at
from 9,500,00 to 10000, 900 quarters, so
that after deducting the seed, S,500.000
to 5000, 600 will be left for home con-
sumption, and the importation of from
]6,500,0 600 to 100000 quarters will be
required. The English wheat>in store
is believed to be Cd
VERY NEARLY EXHAUSTED,
and the foreign wheat in store in Eng
land quite limited, Barley will yield
10 per cent less than the usual average,
oats Is per cent less and beans and peas
from 40 to so per cent less. Potatoes
are healthy but the crop will be small.
In British India the yield of wheat for
1887 is estimated at 6.390.695 tons. From
Jan. to June 80, 1887, British India eX-
ported to Europe 9.679,51S hdndred
weight of wheat. The expectation of
certain qualities of hops from Europe
to the United States has increased to a
considerable extent. The increase
from Austria-Hungary alone during the
year 1886 over the previous year
amounted in declared value to S66,257.
The total amount of hops exported from
Austria-Hungary to the United States
in 1886 amounted in declared value alone
to S1Sa,915.